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SaMo Planning Commission Considers 64-Unit Mixed-User with Robust Community Benefits Package

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Another moderate-sized mixed-use housing project is wending its way through Santa Monica's development agreement (DA) process this week, stopping at the Planning Commission on Wednesday for consideration. The 64-unit (six-story) apartment building with ground floor...

Infographic: Historic Housing Trends in Santa Monica

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Editor's note: The above infographic traces the historical trends of housing in Santa Monica. Data are from existing housing stock. As is clear from the graphic, in the last 30 years, relatively little housing...

Post-LUCE Amendments, Where Does Santa Monica Stand in Projected Housing Growth?

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The dust is settling from the recent zoning ordinance update and downzoning amendments to the city’s Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE). It will take some time to really understand the impact of the decision...

Op-Ed: Silicon Beach Misses Chance to Curb Rising Rents

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For being the envy of entrepreneurs the world over and the vanguards of the global economy, the tech superstars of Silicon Beachers are oddly oblivious to what goes on in their own backyards. Assuming,...

Wednesday Poll: Should California Reform Proposition 13?

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Read more about two California state legislators' attempts at reforming Proposition 13 so local governments can raise more revenue from commercial and industrial properties.

Planning Commission Recommends Moving Forward with Plaza at Santa Monica Project

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Though it is still very early in the process, the Planning Commission Wednesday recommended moving forward with negotiations for the Plaza at Santa Monica project, slated for city-owned land in the heart of Downtown. While...

Iconic Plaza at Santa Monica Project Up for Review at Planning Commission

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The Plaza at Santa Monica could to be one of the most striking new buildings built in the bayside city -- or possibly even in all of L.A. County -- in decades. But first, it...

Will the Santa Monica City Council Take Even More Housing Options Off the Table?

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Less than a month after the Santa Monica City Council narrowly voted to remove the option of building 4- to 5-story apartments or condos on Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards, Mayor Kevin McKeown wants...

An Unfortunate Backlash: A Conversation with Ethan Elkind, Part Two

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We sat down to talk to Ethan Elkind, author of Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City, about California’s housing crisis, the need for growth around L.A. County’s transit...

Gruber: “Are We There Yet?”

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Editor’s note: This post first appeared in Healthy City Local. It is reprinted below with the author’s permission. Santa Monica Next welcomes guest contributions and editorials. We look for fact-based content relevant to the future of...

Santa Monica City Council Says ‘No’ to 5-Story Housing on Boulevards

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The Santa Monica City Council narrowly voted Tuesday to make it harder to build more housing along the city's commercial boulevards. The 4 to 3 vote Tuesday night upheld the recommendation narrowly approved by the...

The Failure of the Status Quo: A Conversation with Ethan Elkind, Part One

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We sat down to talk to Ethan Elkind, author of Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City, about California's housing crisis, the need for growth around L.A. County's transit...

Amid Housing Supply Crisis, Santa Monica Will Regulate AirBnB, Short-Term Rentals

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Amid concerns that unregulated vacation rentals were exacerbating Santa Monica's dire housing supply crisis, the Santa Monica City Council voted 6-to-0 yesterday to strengthen its prohibition on short-term rentals while allowing "homeshare." The ordinance, which the...

“A Place Everyone Can Thrive”: Part Two of a Discussion on the Regional Housing...

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Santa Monica Next sat down with Dr. Frederick Zimmerman, an economist and a professor of Public Health at UCLA to talk about the impact our local and regional housing crisis has on our day-to-day lives...

An “Artificial Situation”: Part One of a Discussion on the Regional Housing Crisis

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Santa Monica Next sat down with Dr. Frederick Zimmerman, an economist and a professor of Public Health at UCLA to talk about the impact our local and regional housing crisis has on our day-to-day lives...
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